The Dead Mother
-Zombie mom feeds the baby at night and baby also dies
The Treasure
-Poor old man finds a treasure, seems more like a Biblical parable at first
-Turns to a tale involving evil "pope" which I guess is meaning reverend or bishop
-God cursed the evil reverend by turning his devil costume to flesh
The Bad Wife
-Same one as before with the annoying wife in a pit with the imp who wants out and grants a wish
The Three Copecks
-Orphan is smart and ends up with lots of money and a good wife
-These are not the same kind of magic, it is like Russian Orthodox fairy tales
The Miser
-Fun with money and pranks and no one is smites after all
-But not really a moral
The Water Snake
-Marries a snake, carried into underwater kingdom of people
-While the daughter was asleep at her mom's, the mom summons the husband out of the water and CHOPS OFF HIS HEAD WITH AN AXE
-her and her kids turn to birds
-first one without God or Lord in it
Friday
-I can't tell if this is about a sabbath day or what
Wednesday
-Wednesday is apparently evil
The Leshy
-A hunter and his dog go after a demon in the forest
-Much more up front than normal characters
-He aslo saves a kidnapped girl with amnesia, pretty good
-Marriage again
Dnieper, Volga, and Dvina
-Poor orphans decide to become great rivers
-This is seen as easy back in the day
-The brother's river is better
Emilian the Fool
-Real weird
-magic is from the pike
-unlimited wishes
-king marries his daughter to fool and kinda tries to kill them
-get out with magic and just live with the king happily
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